diff --git a/shell/AIShell.Abstraction/IShell.cs b/shell/AIShell.Abstraction/IShell.cs
index bd638465..8b1ab7dd 100644
--- a/shell/AIShell.Abstraction/IShell.cs
+++ b/shell/AIShell.Abstraction/IShell.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ public interface IShell
     /// </summary>
     IHost Host { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Indicates whether the bi-directional channel with an application (e.g. a PowerShell session) has been established.
+    /// </summary>
+    bool ChannelEstablished { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The token to indicate cancellation when `Ctrl+c` is pressed by user.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/shell/AIShell.Kernel/Shell.cs b/shell/AIShell.Kernel/Shell.cs
index c646d2e5..48424e8c 100644
--- a/shell/AIShell.Kernel/Shell.cs
+++ b/shell/AIShell.Kernel/Shell.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ internal sealed class Shell : IShell
     #region IShell implementation
 
     IHost IShell.Host => Host;
+    bool IShell.ChannelEstablished => Channel is not null;
     CancellationToken IShell.CancellationToken => _cancellationSource.Token;
     List<CodeBlock> IShell.ExtractCodeBlocks(string text, out List<SourceInfo> sourceInfos) => Utils.ExtractCodeBlocks(text, out sourceInfos);
 
diff --git a/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/AzureAgent.cs b/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/AzureAgent.cs
index 1b18f66a..3ccb764b 100644
--- a/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/AzureAgent.cs
+++ b/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/AzureAgent.cs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public async Task<bool> ChatAsync(string input, IShell shell)
                         ArgPlaceholder = new ArgumentPlaceholder(input, data, _httpClient);
                     }
 
-                    string answer = data is null ? _copilotResponse.Text : GenerateAnswer(data);
+                    string answer = data is null ? _copilotResponse.Text : GenerateAnswer(data, shell);
                     host.RenderFullResponse(answer);
                 }
             }
@@ -503,8 +503,13 @@ internal void ReplaceKnownPlaceholders(ResponseData data)
         }
     }
 
-    internal string GenerateAnswer(ResponseData data)
+    internal string GenerateAnswer(ResponseData data, IShell shell)
     {
+        // Use green (0,195,0) on grey (48,48,48) for rendering commands in the markdown.
+        // TODO: the color formatting should be exposed by the shell as utility method.
+        const string CommandVTColor = "\x1b[38;2;0;195;0;48;2;48;48;48m";
+        const string ResetVT = "\x1b[0m";
+
         _buffer.Clear();
         string text = data.Text;
 
@@ -528,7 +533,13 @@ internal string GenerateAnswer(ResponseData data)
             _buffer.Append(text.AsSpan(index, text.Length - index));
         }
 
-        if (data.PlaceholderSet is not null)
+        if (data.PlaceholderSet is null)
+        {
+            _buffer.Append(shell.ChannelEstablished
+                ? $"\nRun {CommandVTColor} /code post {ResetVT} or press {CommandVTColor} Ctrl+d,Ctrl+d {ResetVT} to post the code to the connected shell.\n"
+                : $"\nRun {CommandVTColor} /code copy {ResetVT} or press {CommandVTColor} Ctrl+d,Ctrl+c {ResetVT} to copy the code to clipboard.\n");
+        }
+        else
         {
             // Construct text about the placeholders if we successfully stripped the placeholder
             // section off from the original response.
@@ -547,7 +558,7 @@ internal string GenerateAnswer(ResponseData data)
 
                 // Use green (0,195,0) on grey (48,48,48) for rendering the command '/replace'.
                 // TODO: the color formatting should be exposed by the shell as utility method.
-                _buffer.Append("\nRun \x1b[38;2;0;195;0;48;2;48;48;48m /replace \x1b[0m to get assistance in placeholder replacement.\n");
+                _buffer.Append($"\nRun {CommandVTColor} /replace {ResetVT} to get assistance in placeholder replacement.\n");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/Command.cs b/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/Command.cs
index 10522d0e..a394d4bc 100644
--- a/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/Command.cs
+++ b/shell/agents/Microsoft.Azure.Agent/Command.cs
@@ -254,6 +254,6 @@ private async Task<string> RegenerateAsync()
             _agent.ResetArgumentPlaceholder();
         }
 
-        return _agent.GenerateAnswer(data);
+        return _agent.GenerateAnswer(data, Shell);
     }
 }
diff --git a/shell/shell.common.props b/shell/shell.common.props
index 7e98aa6a..55ca1778 100644
--- a/shell/shell.common.props
+++ b/shell/shell.common.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <LangVersion>12.0</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.0-alpha.19</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.0-alpha.20</Version>
 
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>